After Emily Ratajkowski marries a man she’s known for just weeks – do rushed A-list weddings ever work?

From Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee dating for 96 hours to Cheryl and Jean-Bernard’s three-month whirlwind courtship, the love blind marriages that ended in tears

By Lauren Franklin

28 Feb 2018, 17:12

EMILY Ratajkowski shocked fans last week when she announced that she had married boyfriend of six weeks Sebastian Bear-McClard.

It seems like the 26-year-old model and actress was following a remerged trend after Amy Schumer, 36, married beau of three months chef Chris Fischer, 37, on February 13.

Emily Ratjkowski married Sebastian Bear-McClard last week after just six weeks of dating

But do these A-list wedding rush jobs ever really work? We look at the whirlwind marriages that turned out to be bad romances.

PAMELA ANDERSON AND TOMMY LEE - MARRIED AFTER 96 HOURS

On February 19 1995 the pair married after just 96 hours of dating on a beach in in Cancun and surprised everyone with their almost quicker than a shotgun marriage – with even Pammy’s mum calling it “heartbreaking and shocking.”

It also wasn’t the most sober of decisions with Motley Crue rocker Tommy admitting he was on ecstasy when he met the Baywatch bombshell.

Recalling their meeting to Rolling Stone he said: "On Ecstasy, Joan Rivers looks like Pamela Anderson, so imagine what Pamela Anderson looked like. I just stared at her all night, and she just stared back."

An infamous sex tape and two children later, Tommy was jailed for four months for assaulting Pamela, and they divorced in 1998.

The pair spent a decade attempting to get back together, and 17 years after their marriage Pamela declared he was the love of her life.

She told People in 2012: “There was Tommy and then there was nobody else. He was the love of my life. We had a wild and crazy beginnings that was too much for both of us.”

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Their marriage ended four years laterCredit: Getty - Contributor

“It really was love at first sight. I only knew him four days before I married him.

“We’re good friends, we’re getting better at co-parenting our kids. He’s such a supporter of mine and I’m really happy we’re on such great terms.

“There’s a connection there that will always be.”

KHLOE KARDASHIAN AND LAMAR ODOM – MARRIED AFTER THREE WEEKS

After three weeks of dating Khloe and NBA star Lamar married in September 2009.

They seemed blissfully happy and even managed to silence the naysayers including sceptical Kim, who said: “They’ve been together a few weeks, and are literally inseparable. Khloe thinks he’s amazing and [he] makes her laugh and smile constantly.”

The couple went on to have their own reality show but their happiness turned out to be a façade and Khloe filed for divorce in 2013 after discovering he had cheated on her multiple times. She withdrew the petition in October when Lamar slipped into a coma after being found unconscious in Nevada brothel following days of drugs and partying.

The pair never managed to reach a point where the relationship could ever work again and the divorce was eventually finalised in December 2016.

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Despite his cheating and substance abuse, Khloe insisted she never regretted marrying Lamar.

She said: "Yes, I'm sure people will say it was a mistake for me. I wouldn't change what I did because it was also some of the best time of my life," she admitted. "I wouldn't say it was a mistake. I needed that experience. The love I received was the love I needed at that time."

MARIAH CAREY AND NICK CANNON – MARRIED AFTER ONE MONTH

Mariah met Nick who was ten years her junior on the set of her music video for Bye Bye in late March 2008. Just a month later on April 30 they married in The Bahamas.

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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon dated for a month before their wedding in 2008Credit: Getty - Contributor

When asked what made their marriage work, Nick joked: “Lots of sex!”, but Mariah added: "I'm shy. I don't say things like that. That's where he comes in."

The couple welcomed twins Moroccan and Monroe on their three-year anniversary in 2011, but by early 2014 they had split, with Nick filing for divorce in the December and it being finalised in December 2016.

This was Mariah’s second divorce after splitting from Tommy Mottola in 1997, and admitted she was upset about “repeating her past.”

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The pair filed for divorce in 2014Credit: Getty Images - Getty

She said: "I never thought I would have babies with someone and then get divorced. Like, 'Oh, great job. Repeat your past. But life happens. And it was supposed to happen. It’s fine. For [the twins], I wish it hadn’t happened that way. For me, it was. … [singing Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams’ 'Too Much, Too Little, Too Late'] Guess it’s over. Call it a day."

CHERYL AND JEAN-BERNARD FERNANDEZ-VERSINI – MARRIED AFTER THREE MONTHS

In July 2014 Cheryl shocked fans by revealing a huge diamond ring and announcing that she had married French playboy Jean-Bernard.

The pair remained quiet about the details of their romance but the jeweller behind the huge diamond said JB demanded: “Your work must epitomise my unfailing unconditional love.

“Expressing his overwhelming feelings mainly by the size of the diamond he originally requested, with actual no limits.”

However less than two years later the cracks were beginning to show with Cheryl looking skinny and withdrawn, and the pair appeared strained in public.

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Cheryl and Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini married after three months of dating in July 2014Credit: Getty - Contributor

They split in January 2016 – the same month Cheryl started dating father of her son Liam Payne, and she cited “unreasonable behaviour” which “caused stress and weight loss."

Later JB slammed Cheryl’s high-profile lifestyle: “I married someone who was famous, I was thrust into this mad world – I didn’t like it.”

“There was really awful things said about me, about my family, but I feel like I survived it. And I’m here surviving, doing my thing.”

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"Britney proposing to me on a plane three months after we met and getting married two months later was just us living in the moment,” he revealed.

"I really thought I’d spend the rest of my life with her… There were a few drastic things that went down, which I’ll never talk about, but overall we still had fun.

"So when she filed for divorce, I was completely caught off guard. Look, there are a million things I could say about her that would make huge headlines and cause a ton of drama, but for what? The truth is I loved her to death."